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This recipe is one of my family’s favorite casseroles. It makes a lot and we always have tons of leftovers. I’ve never tried freezing it, but I’m sure it wouldn’t be a problem. Don’t let the cottage cheese scare you. My husband is the only cottage cheese eater in the house, but you can’t even tell it’s in the casserole. I hate cottage cheese, but I love this dish. If you don’t have scallions, you can just increase the onion. Enjoy!

Cheesy Beef Casserole

1 pkg. egg noodles

1 lb. ground beef

3/4c. chopped onion

2 cans tomato sauce

1/2 tsp. garlic powder and salt

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1 pkg. cream cheese ( I use light)

1 C. small curd cottage cheese

1/2 C. parmesan

1/3 C. scallions

1/4 C. chopped green pepper

Cook noodles. Brown beef and onion, drain. Add tomato sauce to the beef and onion, along with the garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix well. Combine the cheeses, scallion, and green pepper in a bowl and mix well. In a casserole dish, layer half the noodles. Spoon and spread half the beef mixture onto that. Spoon and spread half the cheese mixture on top of that. (The original recipe called for leaving clumps of the cheese mixture, but we found that we like it spread out better or you get a mouth full of cheese and nothing else sometimes.) Then repeat the layers - noodles, beef mixture, cheese mixture. Bake 30-35 minutes at 350*. Let set 5 minutes before serving.

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